Re: Eating before competing

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TarfHead said:

I'm participating in my first 10-mile road race on Saturday morning

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10:00. I have to be at the race centre before 09:00.

My usual breakfast is a bowl of cereal and a glass of juice.

Works for me.

Can

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anyone recommend anything else I could eat that morning that would be
of benefit to me over the course of the 90/100 minutes it will take

me

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to complete ? For example, would eating one or more bananas help -
slow release of potassium ?

Whatever fruit happens to be on sale or not outrageously expensive
(usually bananas) I'll have on top my cheerios. And I'm cranky until
I've had my orange juice in the morning.

But go with whatever you're used to eating since you don't have time to
experiment before your race. Save experimentation for future races.

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Probably the most important thing is don't try anything unusual on race
day. Always try it a few times before a regular training run. Make sure
it will work for you. Since your race is Saturday, you have no time to
test anything. Just go with what you've been eating in the past before
a long run. Nonetheless, for next time I would leave out the juice,
especially if it is citrus juice. I would eat oatmeal or cream of
wheat. Nothing with a milk product in it. And also no milk products the
night before a race.

As you point out, this is what you've found works for you. I'm curious
why you would recommend against citrus juice and milk for someone that's
not indicated an aversion to either, and in fact seems to drink juice
regularly and I suspect has milk on his cereal. I know some people have
aversions to these, but why would this be a general recommendation. I
know I'd be one grumpy runner if I didn't have ice cream before I went
to bed and orange juice in the morning. Just curious.

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All advice appreciated, though commonly available products such as
fresh fruit is more relevant for me. I won't have the time to hunt
down energy bars or the like between now and then.

At this point, just do what you normally do for your training runs.

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Also, is leaving an hour between finishing eating and starting the
race a good rule-of-thumb ?

If you need to be at race 1 hr beforehand, you'll probably be eating
breakfast farther in advance than that. I eat first thing in the
morning. By the time I get dressed, drive to start (usually 1 hr),
arriving about 1 hr or more before race (a total of 2-4 hr between
eating and running). I find this is enough time for breakfast to digest,
and am usually ready to eat half an energy bar before race starts. I
went through a phase at one time where I tried oatmeal, since that's
what many people (not Doug 😉 suggest, and can't begin to eat enough to
get to start line (OD'd on it many years ago). I confess to going with
egg mcmuffins or equivalent when I'm on the road.

Good luck.

Dot

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As you point out, this is what you've found works for you. I'm curious
why you would recommend against citrus juice and milk for someone

that's

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not indicated an aversion to either,

I agree. I think milk gets picked on because it does crop up frequently
in people. From there it gets generalized as bad for everyone regardless
of any bad experience. Similar to women having their ovaries fall out
if they run. OTOH I do suggest to those that have stomach problems, to
eliminate milk.

The same for juice with the notion that the acid will cause stomach
problems. I had one of my best Boston marathons one hot year and must
have chomped on dozens of orange slices during the race. It was also a
pleasant change from the usual gag a maggot green Gatorade.

-DougF

Doug Freese said:

It was also a
pleasant change from the usual gag a maggot green Gatorade.

Your dislike of Gatorade is well-documented on rec.running. Personally, I
agree with you, but maybe not with quite the same fervor. I'm curious
whether you or anyone else has tried Gatorade's endurance formula. The
sodium content is a good bit higher, which could eliminate the need for
Succeed! caps during long runs. Any thoughts?

Original Endurance
Calories 75 90
Sodium 150 300
Potassium 45 135
Carbs 21 22
Carb 5.9% 6.2%
Sugars 20 21
Calcium 0 9
Magnesium 0 5

Phil M.

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Your dislike of Gatorade is well-documented on rec.running. Personally, I
agree with you

You're both buttknobs. The powdered mix tastes great if you mix it properly.

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Any thoughts?

In your case no, just flatlines...

I have used it; I prefer it over the regular stuff--I had been adding salt
to my Gatorade for a couple of years and this eliminates that. I notice a
bit of a different taste, but not sure if I drank them side by side I could
tell the difference.
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Doug Freese said:

It was also a
pleasant change from the usual gag a maggot green Gatorade.

Your dislike of Gatorade is well-documented on rec.running. Personally, I
agree with you, but maybe not with quite the same fervor. I'm curious
whether you or anyone else has tried Gatorade's endurance formula. The
sodium content is a good bit higher, which could eliminate the need for
Succeed! caps during long runs. Any thoughts?

Original Endurance
Calories 75 90
Sodium 150 300
Potassium 45 135
Carbs 21 22
Carb 5.9% 6.2%
Sugars 20 21
Calcium 0 9
Magnesium 0 5

Phil M.

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Your dislike of Gatorade is well-documented on rec.running.

Personally, I

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agree with you, but maybe not with quite the same fervor. I'm curious
whether you or anyone else has tried Gatorade's endurance formula.

Same mentioned this some time back but I have no seen to give it a try

< The

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sodium content is a good bit higher, which could eliminate the need

for

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Succeed! caps during long runs. Any thoughts?

A few thoughts come to mind. If you boost salt content to what it should
be, it would be like drinking from the ocean. This may be ok through
the marathon. You can't mess with taste. I have found SUCCEED!CLIP which
is salt free with minimal flavor plus carbs, protein and fat most ideal
for me . I prefer the caps so I can control the dosage and frequency.
Once you put salt in the drink you are now at mercy of your drink. I
can always take a cap with water.

The fact they are creating a drink with higher salt is ok as long as
they use a maltodextrin base.

-DougF

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A few thoughts come to mind. If you boost salt content to what it
should be, it would be like drinking from the ocean. This may be ok
through the marathon. You can't mess with taste. I have found
SUCCEED!CLIP which is salt free with minimal flavor plus carbs,
protein and fat most ideal for me

Isn't this more of an ultra runner's drink? I'm not out there for 6+ hours
like you. Usually just 3 to 3.5 hours tops. At what point do you stop
worrying about extra sodium?

Phil M.